St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-03
Scottie's Big Batch.

George a. Snlln, lHe cOlOI VI WHoSe
hair betrayeth his French origin, is an
other of the Southern Dakota rustlers.
Some people are ungenerous enough to
insinuate that George is a Mick, but
that is not so. He sells stacks of goods
for Lampher, Finch & Skinner, St Paul,
and handles cue with such skill that it
would make one believe he had mis-
taken his profession.
Mr.. Haskell, representing Arthur,
Warren & Abbott. is another of the solid
men in Southern Dakota. Quiet and
dignified in his demeanor, he makes
friends everywhere, and is one of the
solid men of the house which he repre-
SentS.
Billy Ballou is now examiner of pub
lie buildings in Minneapolis. | don't
know what the trouble is, but Billy was
hard worker and we'll liked on the
road, and his friends down here will be
sorry to lose him from the ranks.
Elias E. Arnold, representing the
Mead Won Bokelin company of Chicago
and San Francisco, is not the gentleman
referred to in the following: A typical
''knight of the gripsack'' was detained
in a small town in Western New York
while ago where a revival meeting was
in progress. He had met party of
and had what is known as ''load on"
Nevertheless he drifted into the revival
meeting, and took seat well up in the
front 1t was rather close in the church,
and the warm air was conducive to
sleep. The drummer yielded to the
drOWSy god, and after nodding little,
sank into profound Slumber, and slept
through the minister's long and dry dis
course. The audience sang a hymn,
and the drummer slept on. Then the
evangelist began his address, and wound
up his fervid appeal with this request:
''Will all of you who want to go to
heaven please rise" Every one in the
church except the sleepy drummer
arose. When the evangelist asked them
to be seated, one of the brothers in the
same pew as the sleepy drummer acct
dentally brushed against him as he sat
down. The drummer rubbed his eyes,
and, partially awake, heard the last por-
ton of the evangeliSt'S request, which
was: ''NOw, want all of you who
want to go to hell to stand up" The
drummer struggled little, leaned for
ward unsteadily, and rose from his seat
in daZed sort of way. He heard sort
of.Suppressed laugh from some of the
younger people, and noticed an express
sion of horror on the faces of some of
the older ones. Steadying himself against
the rail, he looked at the evangelist an
instant and then said: "WelI. parson,
| don't know just exactly what we're
voting OH, but YOU and seem to be in a
hopeless minority"
Now have proposal to make to the
boys and before doing so | must re-
mind them that eight months of this
year have already fled and the remain
ing four months will soon pass also. My
proposal is that we should have a grand
banquet and ball about the end of De-
cember, when we are all at home, and
where we can meet one another and
bring our sisters and our cousins and
our aunts. We are some hundreds
strong in st. Paul and Minneapolis, and
such a reunion would no doubt be one
of the greatest social events that ever
happened in the Northwest. We could
meet our employers there and converse
with them on matters not pertaining to
the dry details of picked behring's, plug
tobacco and double l. sheetingS, and
cement firmer ties and friendly feelings
between master and man; and we could
include the boys in our respective
houses who look after our interests
there. l am satisfied that the object in
view is good one, and | should like to
see some other of the boys give their
opinions OH the subject. Some of the
leading statesmen in our houses could
be formed into an excellent committee
to organize the business, ascertain the
probable number who would attend, Sc
lect hotel, q would suggest the Ryan
get rules, and engineer the thing gener-
ally in our absence. hope to see some
correspondence on the subject in your
next edition, and would suggest that
the boys of the Twin Cities act as one in
the matter. SCOTTIE